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Freedom (crater)

Topic: Astronomy

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Short description: Crater on Mars
Freedom
Eagle crater Freedom crater 009A52 009A54.jpg
Eagle crater (upper right) and Freedom crater (lower left). Viking Orbiter 1 mosaic
PlanetMars
Coord|inatesCoordinates: 43°22′N 351°01′E / 43.36°N 351.02°E / 43.36; 351.02
Diameter12.74 km (7.92 mi)

Freedom is an impact crater on Mars. It was named by the IAU in 1976 after the town of Freedom in Oklahoma, United States.[1]

Freedom is southeast of Eagle crater. Both are examples of rampart craters with double-layered ejecta.

MRO CTX camera image

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Freedom". International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2019. 



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